On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Ken Adams wrote:
> Well, this is quite a lively discussion.
>
> This was the 75th running of a domestic contest steeped in
> tradition. I
> like tradition.
> We had very high scores this year and participation appears to be up.
> Thanks to all of you who got on the air and helped all of us enjoy SS.
>
> And for the record, I am in favor of leaving the exchange sequence as
> is. It's worked fine for decades and will for many to come.
Even though I think the doubled portion of the exchange is pretty odd,
and a method of "cheating" is readily available by simply looking at
the logged callsign, there is another matter here.
If the callsign needs to be exchanged twice, and if not exchanging it
twice is basis for disqualification, then there is a real problem:
All logging software must be changed so that the second exchange of
callsign must be entered manually and in proper order.
The cabrillo format must be changed so that the second and manually
entered callsign shows up in it's proper order, and so that the
changed logging software knows where to put it's properly formatted
exchange.
Otherwise the contest sponsor has absolutely no way of determining if
the rules were followed - short of the schemes of making everyone
record and submit their entire operation, and hiring armies of people
with an extremely high boredom threshold to listen to them. And if you
cannot determine if a rule was adhered to, you cannot determine if it
was violated. How do we know that a person did or did not send their
callsign in the proper sequence?
And there is where I think lies the crux of the problem. That is a lot
of work just so that some people who have a linear approach to the
exchange can be satisfied.
Much better to consider the entire communication as part of the
exchange. Then there is no "crime". Individual Ops can determine if
that is good enough for them, and Nil at will and discretion.
-73 de Mike N3LI -
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